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Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.

Access Peterson's Career Prep, Peterson's Test Prep, and Excel Adult High School in one place. 

Search for open jobs opportunities and create visually interesting résumés, cover letters, and websites that can be externally shared with prospective employers, using prebuilt templates.

Whether you’re a student planning for college or a professional embarking on a new career path, Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test Prep can help you along the way.

Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.

Britannica Escolar is a Spanish language encyclopedia for elementary and middle school age children. You will find over 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary.

Britannica Moderna is a comprehensive Spanish-language general encyclopedia, including the Merriam‑Webster's Spanish‑English Dictionary, an atlas, and timelines.

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. 

Britannica Escolar is a Spanish language encyclopedia for elementary and middle school age children. You will find over 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary.

Britannica Library is a reference and information resource for all ages.

Britannica School is for students in grades K-12.

Educate Station features weekly and montly learning plans and worksheets for students in pre-k through fifth grade.

Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.

PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-2 students.

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. 

Britannica Escolar is a Spanish language encyclopedia for elementary and middle school age children. You will find over 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary.

Britannica Library is a reference and information resource for all ages.

Britannica School is for students in grades K-12.

Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more. Designed for middle school students. 

Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.

Search for open jobs opportunities and create visually interesting résumés, cover letters, and websites that can be externally shared with prospective employers, using prebuilt templates.

Whether you’re a student planning for college or a professional embarking on a new career path, Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test Prep can help you along the way.

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.

Ancestry.com enables searching of vital records, military records, immigration documentation, census records, and other information. This resource can only be accessed in the Hubbard Memorial Library.

Fold3® provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

Get help with our genealogy resources on Niche Academy.

HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources.

Educate Station features weekly and montly learning plans and worksheets for students in pre-k through fifth grade.

AtoZ Food America provides 7,000 recipes, 650 ingredient articles, vintage food labels and ads, historical what did they eat articles, how to make food videos, and more.

AtoZ World Food is the world's largest and most comprehensive database of food and food culture for 174 countries. 

Britannica Escolar is a Spanish language encyclopedia for elementary and middle school age children. You will find over 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary.

Britannica Moderna is a comprehensive Spanish-language general encyclopedia, including the Merriam‑Webster's Spanish‑English Dictionary, an atlas, and timelines.

Transparent Language Online empowers you to learn anywhere, anytime, for any language goal — in 100+ languages.

Access a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms and resources across the most popular legal areas.

Access Peterson's Career Prep, Peterson's Test Prep, and Excel Adult High School in one place. 

This curated list of tutorials will help you gain computer and internet skills.

Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles.

Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts. 

Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.

Niche Academy is your one stop shop for tech tutorials.

Access the digitized photo archives of the Hubbard Memorial Library.

The Hubbard Memorial Library has digitized the collection of the Ludlow High School Yearbooks. Not all years are available.

This resource offers online full-text articles from the Boston Globe starting in 1980 and up until today.

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started.

Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.

Read local and national newspapers online for free with your library card.

Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.

Explore Springfield history through local news, events and people with the Republican Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device with a library card.

Looking for your next great read? Novelist can help!

AtoZ Maps Online is a collection of 60,000 royalty-free maps that students and library patrons can download and print.

AtoZ The USA is a large-scale encyclopedia of US state and country information.

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. 

Britannica Library is a reference and information resource for all ages.

Britannica Moderna is a comprehensive Spanish-language general encyclopedia, including the Merriam‑Webster's Spanish‑English Dictionary, an atlas, and timelines.

Here you can find all of the Gale databases offered by the Hubbard Memorial Library. Gale databases contain trustworthy and vetted information on a variety of topics. 

Global Road Warrior contains 174 country guides with 126 content modules each. 

Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.

Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.

Search the Salem Press database for literature, history, science, health, and career topics.

Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.

Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV.

Stream thousands of movies for free without ads through your library.

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV.

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started.

Search the Salem Press database for literature, history, science, health, and career topics.